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Rabbi Shmuel's newsletter for week of 22 September 2024





Calendar

This is an overview of upcoming events. Details of each event are below

Sunday, 22 September 2024-Open House

Friday & Saturday, 27 & 28 September 2024-Shabbat Services

Saturday, 28 September 2024-Selichot

Wednesday (eve) - Friday, 2-4 October 2024-Rosh Hashana

Friday & Saturday, 4 - 5 October 2024-Shabbat Shuva

Friday & Saturday, 11 - 12 October 2024-Yom Kippur

Wednesday - Wednesday, 16 - 23 October 2024-Sukkot

Friday & Saturday, 18 & 19 October 2024-Shabbat Services

Thursday, 24 October 2024-Shmini Atzeret

Friday, 25 October 2024-Simchat Torah

Friday & Saturday, 25 - 26 October 2024-Shabbat Services




We are now offering Zelle for payments and donations! Use this email: treasurer@templesholomofontario.org

Please note what the payment is for. Thank you.




Psalm 27 

is our Psalm for the Penitenital Season, recited morning and evening from the 1st of Elul until Shmini Atzeret

לְדָוִ֨ד ׀ יְהֹוָ֤ה ׀ אוֹרִ֣י וְ֭יִשְׁעִי מִמִּ֣י אִירָ֑א יְהֹוָ֥ה מָעוֹז־חַ֝יַּ֗י מִמִּ֥י אֶפְחָֽד׃

Of David.The LORD is my light and my help;whom should I fear?The LORD is the stronghold of my life,whom should I dread?

בִּקְרֹ֤ב עָלַ֨י ׀ מְרֵעִים֮ לֶאֱכֹ֢ל אֶת־בְּשָׂ֫רִ֥י צָרַ֣י וְאֹיְבַ֣י לִ֑י הֵ֖מָּה כָשְׁל֣וּ וְנָפָֽלוּ׃

When evil men assail meto devour my flesh-a—it is they, my foes and my enemies,who stumble and fall.

אִם־תַּחֲנֶ֬ה עָלַ֨י ׀ מַחֲנֶה֮ לֹא־יִירָ֢א לִ֫בִּ֥י אִם־תָּק֣וּם עָ֭לַי מִלְחָמָ֑ה בְּ֝זֹ֗את אֲנִ֣י בוֹטֵֽחַ׃

Should an army besiege me,my heart would have no fear;should war beset me,still would I be confident.

אַחַ֤ת ׀ שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵֽאֵת־יְהֹוָה֮ אוֹתָ֢הּ אֲבַ֫קֵּ֥שׁ שִׁבְתִּ֣י בְּבֵית־יְ֭הֹוָה כׇּל־יְמֵ֣י חַיַּ֑י לַחֲז֥וֹת בְּנֹעַם־יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה וּלְבַקֵּ֥ר בְּהֵֽיכָלֽוֹ׃

One thing I ask of the LORD,only that do I seek:to live in the house of the LORDall the days of my life,to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD,to frequent-b His temple.

כִּ֤י יִצְפְּנֵ֨נִי ׀ בְּסֻכֹּה֮ בְּי֢וֹם רָ֫עָ֥ה יַ֭סְתִּרֵנִי בְּסֵ֣תֶר אׇהֳל֑וֹ בְּ֝צ֗וּר יְרוֹמְמֵֽנִי׃

He will shelter me in His pavilionon an evil day,grant me the protection of His tent,raise me high upon a rock.

וְעַתָּ֨ה יָר֪וּם רֹאשִׁ֡י עַ֤ל אֹיְבַ֬י סְֽבִיבוֹתַ֗י וְאֶזְבְּחָ֣ה בְ֭אׇהֳלוֹ זִבְחֵ֣י תְרוּעָ֑ה אָשִׁ֥ירָה וַ֝אֲזַמְּרָ֗ה לַֽיהֹוָֽה׃

Now is my head highover my enemies round about;I sacrifice in His tent with shouts of joy,singing and chanting a hymn to the LORD.

שְׁמַע־יְהֹוָ֖ה קוֹלִ֥י אֶקְרָ֗א וְחׇנֵּ֥נִי וַֽעֲנֵֽנִי׃

Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud;have mercy on me, answer me.

לְךָ֤ ׀ אָמַ֣ר לִ֭בִּי בַּקְּשׁ֣וּ פָנָ֑י אֶת־פָּנֶ֖יךָ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֲבַקֵּֽשׁ׃

In Your behalf-b my heart says:“Seek My face!”O LORD, I seek Your face.

אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֬ר פָּנֶ֨יךָ ׀ מִמֶּנִּי֮ אַ֥ל תַּט־בְּאַ֗ף עַ֫בְדֶּ֥ךָ עֶזְרָתִ֥י הָיִ֑יתָ אַֽל־תִּטְּשֵׁ֥נִי וְאַל־תַּ֝עַזְבֵ֗נִי אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׁעִֽי׃

Do not hide Your face from me;do not thrust aside Your servant in anger;You have ever been my help.Do not forsake me, do not abandon me,O God, my deliverer.

כִּֽי־אָבִ֣י וְאִמִּ֣י עֲזָב֑וּנִי וַֽיהֹוָ֣ה יַאַסְפֵֽנִי׃

Though my father and mother abandon me,the LORD will take me in.

ה֤וֹרֵ֥נִי יְהֹוָ֗ה דַּ֫רְכֶּ֥ךָ וּ֭נְחֵנִי בְּאֹ֣רַח מִישׁ֑וֹר לְ֝מַ֗עַן שֽׁוֹרְרָֽי׃

Show me Your way, O LORD,and lead me on a level pathbecause of my watchful foes.

אַֽל־תִּ֭תְּנֵנִי בְּנֶ֣פֶשׁ צָרָ֑י כִּ֥י קָמוּ־בִ֥י עֵדֵי־שֶׁ֝֗קֶר וִיפֵ֥חַ חָמָֽס׃

Do not subject me to the will of my foes,for false witnesses and unjust accusershave appeared against me.

לׅׄוּׅׄלֵׅ֗ׄאׅׄ הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי לִרְא֥וֹת בְּֽטוּב־יְהֹוָ֗ה בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חַיִּֽים׃

Had I not the assurancethat I would enjoy the goodness of the LORDin the land of the living…

קַוֵּ֗ה אֶל־יְ֫הֹוָ֥ה חֲ֭זַק וְיַאֲמֵ֣ץ לִבֶּ֑ךָ וְ֝קַוֵּ֗ה אֶל־יְהֹוָֽה׃ {פ}

Look to the LORD;be strong and of good courage!O look to the LORD!





Announcements

-Office Hours

-This week’s 10-Minute

-Events

-Candle Lighting Times for Shabbat (Ontario, CA)

-Shabbat Services

-School



*For your information, I have included below my schedule, including office hours for the next two weeks and specific classes in which I am involved.

 

**For your convenience and information, Zoom links will be provided in separate emails for security purposes.

 

***I continue to update our Mi Sheberach מי שברך list for those in need of healing. For your convenience, I am attaching this revised list to this email that only goes to members of Temple Sholom of Ontario. Thank you.




Going forward, I am planning on conducting Hebrew School from my office and making Sunday an office day when applicable to be more available.

Sunday, September 22, 2024 9:00am - 2:30pm (Open House 10:00am - 12:00pm)

Friday, September 27, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)

Sunday, September 29, 2024 9:00am - 2:30pm (Religious School 10:00am - 11:30am)

Thursday, October 3, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Rosh Hashana 1 Shacharit @ 9:30am)

Friday, October 4, 2024 1:30pm - 7:30pm (Rosh Hashana 1 Shacharit @ 9:30am & Friday Night Shabbat Shuva Ma'ariv @ 7:30pm)

Sunday, October 6, 2024 9:30am - 1:30pm (Hebrew School 10:00am - 11:30am)

Friday & Saturday, October 11 & 12, 2024 5:30pm - 9:00pm (Yom Kippur Kol Nidre @ 5:45pm & Saturday Morning Yom Kippur/Shabbat Shacharit @ 9:30am)

Sunday, October 13, 2024  9:00am - 2:30pm (Religious School 10:00am - 11:30am) 

(Subject to change. Please call for appointments)










Adult Torah Study Class

Next Session: Wednesday, September 25 at 7:30 pm PT

Zoom Links sent in separate email Wednesday morning. Please reply if you do not receive them.

Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech 5784 / פָּרָשַׁת נִצָּבִים־וַיֵּלֶךְ

28 September 2024 / 25 Elul 5784

Torah Portion: Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30

In Nitzavim (“Standing”), Moses addresses the Israelites, emphasizing the importance of following God’s covenant and of not worshiping other gods. He describes the process of repentance and returning to God, and stresses that God’s commandments are achievable and “not in the heavens.” Vayeilech (“He Went”) opens as Moses tells the Israelites that he will not lead them into the Land of Israel, and that Joshua will take over. He instructs the Israelites to gather and read Torah publicly every seven years. At God’s command, Moses writes a poem bearing witness to God’s covenant with the Israelites. [1]

Commentary and Divrei Torah

Hertz Chumash: pp. 880 – 866 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 878 – 873)

Artscroll Chumash: pp. 1090 – 1095 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 1086 – 1099)

 



We will meet as scheduled next Thursday, September 19, on Zoom at 7:30, continuing with selections from the Biblical book, Proverbs.   The Word file we’ve prepared, “Selections from Proverbs, is attached.  We will begin in Chapter 6; selections from Chapter 6 begin on page 5 of the attachment.


Here’s a link to all of Proverbs if you would like to look at it: 


Because of the re-scheduled Board meeting on the 25th, and the subsequent Jewish holidays which occupy Thursday evenings until November, this coming Thursday will probably be the last class for a while.  (Though we could also hold a class on the Thursday before Yom Kippur, October 10, if enough people thought that was an OK date).  

This Thursday, I doubt that we will finish the selections.  Our plan is nevertheless, near the end of this Thursday’s class, to skip to the last chapter, Chapter 31, so we can at least briefly discuss one of the best-known passages in Proverbs, the so-called “Woman of Valor” (Eshet Chayil).  

We plan to end class this Thursday by deciding whether to go back to study more of Proverbs when we next meet (in November), or whether instead we should devote our next meeting to “What shall we study next?”  Please join us and weigh in on this question!




Shabbat Times for Ontario, California, USA

🕯️ Candle lighting / הדלקת נרות Friday, September 276:21pm

✨ Havdalah (50 min) / הבדלה - 50 דקות Saturday, September 287:15pm

Upcoming Services

Shabbat Ma'ariv Service Friday, September 27, 2024 @ 7:30 pm

 Shabbat Shacharit / שַׁבָּת Saturday, September 28, 2024 @ 9:30 am 

Shabbat Zoom Links sent in a separate email Friday afternoon.  

Please reply if you do not receive them.

We are now incorporating guitar accompaniment with our Friday Night Shabbat Ma'ariv

Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech 5784 / פָּרָשַׁת נִצָּבִים־וַיֵּלֶךְ

28 September 2024 / 25 Elul 5784

Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech is the 51st and 52nd weekly Torah portion in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading.

Torah Portion Triennial year 2: Deuteronomy 30:1-31:6

1: 30:1-3 · 3 p’sukim

2: 30:4-6 · 3 p’sukim

3: 30:7-10 · 4 p’sukim

4: 30:11-14 · 4 p’sukim

5: 30:15-20 · 6 p’sukim

6: 31:1-3 · 3 p’sukim

7: 31:4-6 · 3 p’sukim

maf: 31:28-30 · 3 p’sukim

Haftarah: Isaiah 61:10-63:9 · 23 p’sukim

Commentary and Divrei Torah

Hertz Chumash: pp. 860 – 866 Triennial Year 2 (Full Kriyah pp. 859 – 873)




Leil Selichot 2024 / סליחות 5784

 Service: Saturday, September 28 @ 7:00pm

Prayers for forgiveness in preparation for the High Holidays 🕍

Leil Selichot for Hebrew Year 5784 occurs after nightfall on Saturday, 28 September 2024.

Selichot or slichot (Hebrew: סליחות) are Jewish penitential poems and prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays, and on Fast Days. In the Ashkenazic tradition, it begins on the Saturday night before Rosh Hashanah. If, however, the first day of Rosh Hashanah falls on Monday or Tuesday, Selichot are said beginning the Saturday night prior to ensure that Selichot are recited at least four times.





Hebrew School at Temple Sholom of Ontario 

 See you in the fall!

We're on break for the summer




Rosh Hashana  🍏🍯

Wed, 2 Oct 2024 sunset - Fri, 4 Oct 2024 nightfall 1-2 Tishrei

The Jewish New Year. Also spelled Rosh Hashanah.

  • Tzom Gedaliah: Sun, 6 Oct 2024 dawn - nightfall

    Ma'ariv Rosh Hashana: Wednesday, 2 October 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pm

    Shacharit Rosh Hashana 1: Thursday, 3 October 2024 9:30am - 12:30pm

    Shacharit Rosh Hashana 2: Friday, 4 October 2024 9:30am - 12:30pm


Yom Kippur  ✡️

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 sunset - Sat, 12 Oct 2024 nightfall 10 Tishrei

Day of Atonement. The holiest day of the year in Judaism, traditionally observed with a 25-hour period of fasting and intensive prayer.

Kol Nidre/Shabbat Ma'ariv: Friday, 11 October 2024 5:45pm - 8:00pm

Shacharit Yom Kippur/Shabbat: Saturday, 12 October 2024 9:30am - 1:45pm

Mincha Yom Kippur/Shabbat: Saturday, 12 October 2024 4:30pm - 7:00pm


Sukkot  🌿🍋

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 sunset - Wed, 23 Oct 2024 nightfall 15-21 Tishrei

Feast of Booths. Also called the Feast of Tabernacles, the seven-day holiday is one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals (Hebrew: שלוש רגלים, shalosh regalim).

Sukkot Ma'ariv: Wednesday, 16 October 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pm

Shacharit Sukkot 1: Thursday, 17 October 2024 9:30am - 12:15pm

Shacharit Sukkot 2: Friday, 18 October 2024 9:30am - 12:15pm


Wed, 23 Oct 2024 sunset - Fri, 25 Oct 2024 nightfallDates listed are for Diaspora (outside of Israel) 22-23 Tishrei

Eighth Day of Assembly. Immediately following Sukkot, it is observed as a separate holiday in the Diaspora and is combined with Simchat Torah in Israel.

  • Shmini Atzeret: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 sunset - Thu, 24 Oct 2024 nightfall

    Shacharit Shmini Atzeret : Thursday, 24 October 2024 9:30am - 12:15pm

  • Simchat Torah: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 sunset - Fri, 25 Oct 2024 nightfall

    Ma'ariv Simchat Torah: Thursday, 24 October 2024 7:30pm - 9:00pm

    Shacharit Simchat Torah: Friday, 25 Ocober 2024 9:30am - 12:15pm


























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